Plasma Metal Coating... In a Jam Jar
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Dc sputtering magnetrons are about as close to real magic as you can get. They use a beautiful cloud of plasma to spray metal or inorganic materials at whatever object you want, coating it in that material. As such sputter coaters are at the heart of many of the manufacturing processes that make our modern world what it is. Not the least of which is many of the steps for making every chip in every device you've ever used.
In the last video we built a prototype sputter coater, but it was never meant as more than that. In this video we go through the upgrades that have been made to the machine and then put it through it's paces to cover basically everything we could find in various metals and metal oxides. The result is many stunning pieces of intricate metal or metalized objects. If you haven't seen it yet here's a link to the last video so you can see exactly how the machine works:
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*Remember kids, always drink unhealthily large amounts of water, so that the mad scientists won’t be able to turn you into a metallic clone*
r/HydroHomies
Its called roboticeising
ya don't wanna end up frozen in carbonite
HauntedCircuit
It bisects my consciousness and gives me trauma
Fresh 😂😂😂
I kinda clicked this expecting a terrifying unkillable metal hornet.
A termenet!
lol xD
Same I thought this guy was coating hornets with metal. Making an ultimate hornet!
Me too, kinda dissapointed.
I was expecting a robot hornet drone made to kill other hornets
make a "full metal yellow jacket"
Most underrated comment I've seen in a while.
amazing
i wonder what bismuth would look like, given its very wide range of oxide colors
I too am curious as to how it would behave, given its odd behavior to magnet fields.
I imagine that it would just look like the copper. The metaloxide is all you need for this effect. On just bismuth metal the oxide layer forms just in the right thickness for this effect to be visible. On Iron, the naturally formed oxides are to thick. When you heat Iron, the oxides form so fast, that they remain in the thickness range where the same effect keeps intact, so you can still see the colours. If you leave a heated metal thing for to long in the air, the colour slowly fades away.
@@Bananakid11 stainless steel is notorious for the colored oxides too, I've see people make cape coils outta it to make em color, which seems really neat except soon as you use it the color vanished, seems like an awful lot of effort for just that moment of pretty
@@yappingdog2759 Yes. I build magnetic motors, and would like to experiment with bismuth's character using a device like this. What a shame to waste this tech on nothing but art.
@@sunsaverfromnhh9184 it's not really a waste to use it like this. You can sell art and use the money for funds as long as production costs don't exceed profits. Plus, you can make accidental discoveries when you are just messing around. I didn't know you could coat organic matter in there until I saw this, which, is fascinating. I wonder if you can make business cards like this. The rainbow Sheen would be very eye catching.
"Even though the Plasma is hot, it's pretty straight forward to keep it cold"
Ice. Metal coated Ice. You want a challenge? There you go.
@Alan Hardcastle That sounds like an excuse, if you took the challenge I'm sure you would find a way.
Genius
@Alan Hardcastle I never said he had to use the same method, plus I was being sarcastic in my original post.
Alan Hardcastle Then coat dry ice
B I G
B R A I N
P L A Y S
@Alan Hardcastle that sounds like a fun project.
I believe a small skull, like some lizard or snake, would look awesome!
Why take a skull when you can have the whole corpse
Nah man i dont want a baby coated with metal
@@Wilson-kt8or *why not*
@@tims.1615 yes
@@Wilson-kt8or does Tom Hanks still like to play with you ?
But can you coat a metal in hornets?
Thank you
With enough crushed hornet, you can coat anything in hornets.
@@egg5802 we're talking molecular coating... How many molecules thick can 1square hornet cover?
@@carrcohol Shit man now I gotta try the math.
@@carrcohol Okay so the total area of a hornet is apparently not something most people look up.
And from that day on, he was known as The Silver Surfer.
We cannot ignore the fact that this MUST be the way Scyther turns into Scizor. TTE over here explaining pokemon on accident.
One step closer to full on real life pokemon
I was thinking the same thing!!!
Researchers at Caltech and Northwestern University have found that electricity can be produced when salt water flows over the top of thin films of rust. It would be cool to see this in a future video.
Imagine a sustainable method to employ in dams.
Electricity is everywhere, energy is everything.
Extremely simple ways exist to provide us with things we believe are rare or difficult, things that we ignore or take for granted or remain woefully ignorant of until an accident comes along and shows us our errors.
I've found that if you put a volt meter across falling water (try a slow stream from a tap) it produces a voltage drop. An old friend told me about it a year or two before he died. I haven't found any literature that mentions the effect, though I'm not certain exactly what I'd be looking for.
@@kreynolds1123 how much of elecricyti it can make camper to turbine?
@@P-B-G_YT ua-cam.com/video/rv4MjaF_wow/v-deo.html I think its nothing that unusual
@@kreynolds1123 30% efficient solid-state might be advantageous in certain niche uses to ~85% efficient with massive moving parts. Good to know we won't be pulling all of our electricity from rust-channel generators any time soon, though.
PLUMBING TIP: Those gear clamps are more ideal for larger diameter and thicker hoses but very poor for small diameter or thin hoses. You want "ear clamps", also called "crimp clamps" or "cinch clamps" for precision plumbing. Oetiker is the best name brand but HomeDepot even sells such clamps under the brand name "Apollo". It takes a pair of fence wire pliers to crimp them but by using a pair of clamps with one rotated 90˚, I've never seen a better performing tubing clamp. The beverage industry runs on Oetiker ear clamps. Fantastic channel!!!
I'm sure this has been covered, but for the vinyl masking, you can actually get a 'transfer tape' that is clear with a grid pattern on it to help align the pattern to the media you're sticking it to. The grid pattern also helps you line up if you're doing multiple sections or layers. The adhesive on it isn't as strong as something like a clear packing tape, which is a pain to remove (ask me how I know.) The painters tape isn't actually a bad idea, short of it being opaque.
How much exp do you get for defeating a metal hornet?
1exp. common enemy
You win the game if you beat the whole nest. They’re the final boss
2 xp + a metal scrap(common drop)
help i saved inside the nest and now I can't get out
@@bvnhtbvnht5737 only for those who put some skillpoints into allergic
Haha, Ben seems to be like the youtube adult that everyone refers to when they have no idea what's going on (Storopyro, Thought Emporium, NileRed, etc). Well deserved, honestly. Like for giving him due credit.
I'm here because constantly watching nilered and nileblue meant UA-cam started aggressively suggesting this guy. I gave in once and now I'm subscribed.
@@kerielwatson3197 haha same
I just found this channel... I have seen 3 videos so far and all 3 have referred to Ben's channel 😂
Wow that thumbnail looks really cinematic! Good job.
One thing I love about this channel is how dilligently you refer to your sources & inspirations, be they other creators' videos, articles, or books.
Dude, you make me want one of these so badly.
Same thing happened when I got my laser cutter. “What can I sputter, what can I sputter, what can I sputter....”
@@The_Mimewar what can i laser cutter what can i laser cutter
Very nice, makes everything looks interesting when coated with metal. Thumbs up for that Fire Nation logo on the glasses tho :)
I demand a collaboration with Cody's lab.
I've been hoping for a Nile Red + Thought Emporium video for years.
I'm just waiting for a build of a calculator using microfluidics.
Basically a transistor/computer, though water isn't as efficient as say steam or electrons... but the applications for something like it could be interesting (space?).
I want to see him making some hardware for cody's new Mars series.
TE is more of a "lab" channel like NR. Cody doesn't really have a great lab, he kinda kludges things together and sets them up half-hazardly.
Will likely never happen. There... really isn't a friendship between the two. (I have talked with Justin about the various other science youtuber and know that is never happening.) We might see NurdRage and even NightHawkInLight at some point though.
You do great work by showing magic of „high tech” done at home.
If I could get the money I would totally build a sputtering machine. Especially because I have a 3d printer and would be very interested in making conductive traces in my parts. I might even possibly be able to sputter between layers of a 3d part to make multi-layer circuit boards with embedded features.
@ClickThisToSubscribe I am pretty sure he did and mentioned that PLA plastic completely destroys the copper plating solution.
Not stupid expensive. The most expensive part is the pump from what I've seen.
*_between layers of a 3d part_* WHAT
@@Codebreakerblue So my thought process was that if I could incorparate some kind of clamp on my printbed I could take a part off before it was finished and after sputtering I could bring it back and continue the print from there.
Vacuum pumps are inexpensive now so it opens up a whole 'nother world. Regarding your multayer 3D printed PCBs...I like where this is going. 😊
I have been playing around with the conductive plastics with my dual filament machine embedded in the regular insulative plastic to make hidden conductors. Even the flexible conductive to make rubber contacts and "thin film" embedded resistors. Fun stuff!!
You have no idea how long I searched for this. Thank you SO MUCH
I'm loving your new videos on sputter coating! I've seen inductively coupled rf plasma magnetrons being used for better yields of oxide films. Also, something that I found to be useful is thin films of nichrome, we would sputter nichrome to the back of a glass slide to resistive heat atomically flat gold crystals or silicon wafers for various high vacuum reactions, and we would sputter traces of alumel over the nichrome to work as quick thermocouples in a pinch. They were so useful, I ended up using them for everything from drying TLC plates to keeping my coffee warm.
I was surprised to see my microchip photos here. Totally unexpected! Great work!
This was really interesting and it is something I would love to do myself, Thank you for sharing this. I think I'm going to go to your last video and watch it now.
👍✌🖖🍻
Just imagine having a nice walk when you stumble across a nest of metal hornets. That sounds horrifying
When I worked at circuit-making plant, we used the equip to make xmas gifts... from the plasma etcher to the sputterer... very cool stuff.
Why ? Why don't you have a million subscribers already ?
You make such good quality content, keep it up :D
It's very niche.. He'll probably never have 1M
@@apprentice2101 lol
I'm really enjoying the series I've always wanted to make one of my own. You're giving great advice and details so that when I build my own I have an idea of what to do! thanks for the great content!
This is so cool. I actually work at Intel and I can't begin to explain how amazing it is to see you experiment with the basic building blocks that the entire facility is based off of. Can't wait until you get yourself to using photoresist and multiple layers!!!! I wish it was more common to make your own electronic circuits like this. Maybe it will be one day....dreams....
usually, when you apply vinyl cutouts, you remove the unwanted parts from the original backing, then you apply the transfer tape (your blue tape) and use it to apply on your surface. Nice vid, thank you!
Boy you are one crafty human, keep it up! 😄
This is the type of game-changing video series I have been looking for for a long time. And it's a total blast. I will be immediately ordering a copy of Building Scientific Apparatus.
Had no idea how much this technique was used, great video!
Finally . Level below from what I am searching for . Good work . Time to recreate this
10:08 - Welcome back, -Seth Bling- Thought Emporium here.
I see it.
Dude! please keep up the great work! this is awesome
Love that book! I even got to meet Dr. Copeland serendipitously and got him to sign my book.
I used to work at a company that build these kind of coating machines.
Verry interesting stuff.
Quick note on vacuum fittings: the larger your tube ID the faster/better vacuum you can pull. At low vacuums your fluid velocity is extremely fast, as such it is pretty heavily restricted by tube ID.
I love how you casually said you were gonna GROW NEURONS
You're sequential method reminds me alot of airbrushing designs with the frisket film, great video as always my friend, you've made crazy progress from the first version
I had a.cicuit board with leds near 480 arc during equipment failure. LEDs have a beautiful copper metal coating on them when off. When lit, they are their native colors. Clear coated them and removed from the defunct PCB before the copper could oxidise. Now I have exotic artsy one of a kind LEDs for a future project..hehe.
Please, PLEASE make custom transistors and/or ICs!
Fantastic video!!! Absolutely fantastic!
This brings back memories. I used to sputter coat all manner of things for use on my SEM. Then I got an environmental SEM and it didn't require it.
this is the next step towards spray-on shoes
I recommend Dupont Riston, with a high resolution capacity.
I'd have to research which ones would offer the best resolution, but their products are very good, and their QA testing is very good.
Thanks for the book recommendation! Great video.
You don't need to go to that sort of trouble. You can coat anything in metal by evaporation in vacuum. You make a tantalum spoon or 'boat' out of a strip of thin tantalum sheet and pass a current through to heat it, with a bit of silver or some other metal in the hollow. That melts then evaporates all over everything inside the chamber.
Or you can make a little basket out of tungsten wire (By winding it around a wood-screw), pass a current through that with a bit of your metal laying in it. Either way works.
I've used the technique hundreds of times to make samples conductive for examination in a Scanning Electron Microscope - or even to make little mirrors for optics by coating glass microscope slides.
Your dedication make you a professional
This was a brilliant video ( away over my head ) well done 👍
Tool and die maker myself. This video was fascinating. I cleaned aluminum thoroughly with sandpaper and then gave it a good polishing to remove the oxide layer. Even if this isn't quite good enough, it will strip off the oxides quicker and more cleanly than the methods you are using. Once you have polished it, then do what you have been for the incidental oxides that will immediately form. You will be surprised how cleanly it removes oxides. You can also hold off the final polish until you are ready to put it in the nitrogen environment.
this is really really cool. this is the sort of stuff they should show in high school physics classes ))
Very cool, I've been playing with sputtering for quite a while and it is the closest I've ever come to really space-age tech, and the plasma shape and appearance is so beautiful. I've had issues with getting a really good vacuum, and wanted to share a trick when building larger chambers. You quickly realize that the metal plate of your chamber is under a lot of force, which usually means you're stuck with using a very thick plate, making it impossible to use a magnet beneath the plate (Which is really handy since otherwise it will quickly overheat inside the chamber). I found that by sticking three 0.125 inch 12x12 aluminum plates together with JB Weld you get an incredibly rigid, strong plate that is virtually impossible to flex or distort. The only issue l ran into the was that you only need a very thin layer of epoxy, and you need to place a very heavy weight on top as well as placing barriers around the sides since otherwise it will slowly skid off over time instead of staying centered. You get a surprising amount of excess epoxy squeezing out, so make sure to use as little as possible while applying a thin, even coat.
havent gotten you videos in my sub box so now i get to watch a bunch at a time :D
So basically this is an ION beam engine that your placing things behind. Neat!
So you’re a mad scientist,,, I love it
I'd like the idea of someone going through everything Ben's done and saying "yeah... but here's how you can do it on a budget" ;)
I can't wait for the bio season to begin! Great video.
I don’t do social media except UA-cam and FB, I would love that Celtic knot work pattern. I’m happy to pay postage as I’m in Scotland, I think it’s beautiful
Watching this made me a fan! Keep up the cool works. Oh and yes I subbed to.
It took me 1 week to build my first sputtering machine and then it took me another year (!) to optimise the sputtering head so that I didn't get amorphous films. You will really start to see the quality when you try to sputter transparent films. When you sputter just metal you think the quality is ok. Try and see what happens on for example ZnO. The film will come out "white" and amorphous with your sputtering topology...
Great vid i have seen in a long time👍
Now......take those cute little Living Robotic frog cell thing's & combined this with that ...BAAANG!!!
Terminator is born.....
Adhesives are best attacked by oil-derived solvents like kerosene, mineral spirits or lighter fluid. They turn glue into a slush. Also I found that a mixture of acetone and lighter fluid is a much better solvent than either separately. The mixture worked very well for diluting and dissolving "liquid rubber." Acetone alone didn't touch the stuff at all, and pure ligher fluid dissolved it extremely slowly.
Great presentation.
Super cool beautiful work! Peace and love.
This is really a beautiful 🤩 Great channel!👍
You're chamber really looked like the old "carnival glass" stuff you see at antique shops
Is it just me, or does this guy sound just like the guy who does the myths and legends podcast? P.S. love the channel, the clarity and depth with which you describe all kinds of relatively advanced topics is really refreshing.
Fantastic follow up to your first vid.
I worked a paid summer internship as a line technician in the sputter department of a local plant. Cody from Cody's Lab built a "Springel vacuum pump", that uses mercury to draw a vacuum down to the vapor pressure of mercury at the given temperature.
Wow nice. What also would be nice is now that the plates are conductive after the coating, you can actually use them for electroplating, coating them with thicker material or using other metals. I think that is the way to go to coat something with Titanium.
Well this video solidified my sub...
Ben is awesome, and he's fun to watch, but it's fun to watch in the same way watching a world record breaker break a record... It's fun, but it's inaccessible - what you're doing seems accessible to me, that's not a slight in any way, that's a compliment.
Looking forward to future videos.
thanks for sharing … was really informative.
Very impressive, very interesting.
Way beyond awesome
ART & SCIENCE. beautiful !
The only reason I'm an hour late is because I was watching Destin's 40 minute video on the Saturn V computer, I figured you wouldn't mind :)
I came here learning a lot more than expected.
Love these videos!
This is one of the best chanles on UA-cam
Well done.
Great vid! Nice job.
Love your Channel!
Great video, it gives me some ideas on my own projects. Do yourself a favor and get a dental pick for weeding the vinyl.
And, be aware that thermal decomposition of vinyl produces some nasty products, HCl probably being the worst, but the small quantities here are probably not a issue.
I really really want to build a sputterer right now, especially with the photoresist.
"poped ou the lenses and added a fire nation symbol cause I'm a huge nerd"
my guy that's not being a huge nerd that's being well cultured
I remember seeing an experiment that someone did in a vacuum chamber, where they demonstrated the pressure exerted by light, on a piece of foil, attached to a tiny wire axel. (It think it was Cody'sLab that did this.) Anyway, my point is… Could you use some type of light to put pressure on the gasses in the vacuum chamber, to move them in a desired direction, to concentrate them a little, and make it easier to pump them all out? My hunch is, you need a wavelength of light (or electromagnetic radiation) that interacts strongly with the gasses in the chamber.
A related idea, is to use powerful pulses of light to jiggle stray atoms of gas loose from surfaces.
I think this would be a great ideas for a Periodic Table with Real Elements, you can have glass slides when thin coatings of metals so you can see what the metals look like but won't need much of it for more expensive metals.
The more advanced you get ~ i swear you're on another Planet! The Hornet is BOSS! WELL DONE!! =]
Neat-o Bud ! This channel(for general coolness & diversity) IS on a pretty short list of truly great DIY/engineering channels "out there" imo. Its Applied Science(a Freak'n Electron Microscope in your garage, come on !) & Tech Ingredients(based on quality & quantity & diversity) for the snapshot finish as it stands.
Wow!! Amazing!
Amazing
Very good works..!
Regards…
New potential Sam Zeloof's competitor. Sweet!
This man created superfly via science. Nice
This is really awesome!!! Could you please coat more organisms and such in metals? For example a golden rose or something would look really good (I think)
Or maybe a daisy. That could fit in the chamber he already has.
@@fossil98 rotating platter in the chamber to coat things evenly
your videos always interest and amaze me 😝